Categories: Malware

What is “Zusy.280433”?

The Zusy.280433 is considered dangerous by lots of security experts. When this infection is active, you may notice unwanted processes in Task Manager list. In this case, it is adviced to scan your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

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What Zusy.280433 virus can do?

  • Executable code extraction
  • Injection (inter-process)
  • Injection (Process Hollowing)
  • Creates RWX memory
  • A process attempted to delay the analysis task.
  • Expresses interest in specific running processes
  • Repeatedly searches for a not-found process, may want to run with startbrowser=1 option
  • A process created a hidden window
  • The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data.
  • Uses Windows utilities for basic functionality
  • Detects Sandboxie through the presence of a library
  • Deletes its original binary from disk
  • Executed a process and injected code into it, probably while unpacking
  • Checks for the presence of known windows from debuggers and forensic tools
  • The following process appear to have been packed with Themida: winhost.exe
  • Installs itself for autorun at Windows startup
  • Creates a hidden or system file
  • Checks for the presence of known devices from debuggers and forensic tools
  • Detects the presence of Wine emulator via registry key
  • Checks the version of Bios, possibly for anti-virtualization
  • Detects VirtualBox through the presence of a registry key
  • Creates a copy of itself
  • Anomalous binary characteristics

Related domains:

xmr.pool.minergate.com

How to determine Zusy.280433?


File Info:

crc32: 5EE27C1Emd5: 8a04b3b54a3a2ae9a2f0a2972097ad9aname: winhost.exesha1: 9008c6cb23d609c5147ab4dea9864760ecdf8b19sha256: 2ba1e9c0c6ddf75062a05f6a5a619e9740305957a09bcac46502b56c5e14ccacsha512: 8c6341e138f330fe3d9757354b869f7a9329cc3d6b230f6763d894b10294c82161204c5804cd1427d509eef0be8c00f7b854446a701bc48a71edafbdcc0b1373ssdeep: 24576:wR1At8tggVG/OP2s86jphyZWGPVeMYCMTyTStBfBZgroNq11X7F8ohgj1lW5czfl:RuWjGP2s86fEYCMTyTSZgrfiI0iDTutype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:

LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) 2011 Futuremark Corporation. All rights reserved.InternalName: FMSIScan.exeFileVersion: 4, 6, 0, 0CompanyName: Futuremark CorporationProductName: Futuremark SystemInfoProductVersion: 4, 6, 0, 0FileDescription: Futuremark SystemInfo ScannerOriginalFilename: FMSIScan.exeTranslation: 0x0409 0x04b0

Zusy.280433 also known as:

Bkav W32.HfsAutoB.CED8
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Zusy.280433
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.IGENERIC
McAfee Artemis!8A04B3B54A3A
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
K7GW Trojan ( 004b897a1 )
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 004b897a1 )
Invincea heuristic
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9774
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Miner.faylpe
Symantec W32.Mandaph
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R061C0OE218
Paloalto generic.ml
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Miner.uahq
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Zusy.280433
AegisLab Troj.W32.Generic!c
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Miner.Dzjo
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Zusy.280433
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R061C0OE218
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Ramnit.tc
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Zusy.280433 (B)
Cyren W32/GenPua.8A04B3B5!Olympus
Webroot W32.Malware.Gen
Avira TR/Crypt.TPM.Gen
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.AGeneric
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Tiggre!rfn
Arcabit Trojan.Zusy.D44771
ZoneAlarm Trojan.Win32.Miner.uahq
GData Gen:Variant.Zusy.280433
AhnLab-V3 Malware/Win32.Generic.C2448683
ALYac Gen:Variant.Zusy.280433
MAX malware (ai score=98)
VBA32 BScope.Trojan.Miner
Cylance Unsafe
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Packed.Themida suspicious
Rising Trojan.Generic!8.C3 (CLOUD)
Yandex Trojan.Agent!hyf9EGT+sD4
SentinelOne static engine – malicious
Fortinet W32/Generic_PUA_JA
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Zusy.280433
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Panda Trj/CI.A
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (W)

How to remove Zusy.280433?

  • Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
  • Open GridinSoft Anti-Malware and perform a “Standard scan“.
  • Move to quarantine” all items.
  • Open “Tools” tab – Press “Reset Browser Settings“.
  • Select proper browser and options – Click “Reset”.
  • Restart your computer.
Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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